tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post5492241953937269568..comments2018-01-22T20:50:23.551+13:00Comments on Tuesday Poem: Abdullah, The Servant of God – by Wade BishopMary McCallumnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-45898681515457159662015-11-19T16:42:28.430+13:002015-11-19T16:42:28.430+13:00Helen Lowe, we missed you at the last reading of t...Helen Lowe, we missed you at the last reading of the CPC season where Wade read this poem again. It did not lose any of its impact, if anything, it was more powerful and touching when heard a second time.<br /><br />I have never been to Syria, but I can identify easily with the themes of this poem as I have encountered other races and cultures who have been vilified in the Eurocentric world view Ben Hurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08367615722744097913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-1743353627599254372015-11-17T11:36:56.500+13:002015-11-17T11:36:56.500+13:00This is a chilling image:
a short walk to the gre...This is a chilling image:<br /><br />a short walk to the great temple of baal<br /> – now gone.<br /><br />just as all these Abdullahs may now also be gone.<br /><br />They may all be dead now.<br /><br />And then, after the running and running... the remarkably uplifting ending. Such a timely poem. Very glad to read this today, Helen and Wade. Thank you. <br /><br />And to this, Helen --<brMichelle Elvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00503119577895402738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-32918229771911031812015-11-17T06:17:57.081+13:002015-11-17T06:17:57.081+13:00So beautiful So beautiful The Black Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12247077520003993118noreply@blogger.com